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    Hidden Treasures
    Hidden Treasures
    Hidden Treasures
    Audiobook8 hours

    Hidden Treasures

    Written by Fern Britton

    Narrated by Fern Britton

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    About this audiobook

    You will love this best-selling novel by Sunday Times best-selling author Fern Britton. The perfect escape to Cornwall, for fans of Katie Fforde and Celia Imrie.

    Helen Merrifield decides to start afresh and put her old life behind her in the picture-postcard Cornish village of Pendruggan. Throwing herself into the local scene, Helen finds herself at the mercy of the rather desperate Vicar, but she is secretly drawn to the brooding local historian, Piran.

    Meanwhile, Helen’s best friend, Penny, decides that the village is the perfect setting for her new TV series. When the cast and crew descend, the village is thrown into a tizzy, but Helen has her hands full fending off her philandering ex-husband, who seems determined to charm his way back into her bed.

    Should Helen hold on to the past? Or will Cornwall give her something new to treasure?

    Pendruggan: A Cornish village with secrets at its heart

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 29, 2012
    ISBN9780007463633
    Hidden Treasures
    Author

    Fern Britton

    Fern Britton is a highly acclaimed Sunday Times bestselling author. Her books are cherished for their warmth, wit and wisdom, and have won Fern legions of loyal readers.A hugely popular household name through iconic shows such as This Morning, Fern is also a much sough-after presenter.Fern is deeply committed to a number of charities, in particular the Genesis Research Trust. She lives with her husband, Phil Vickery, and her four children in Buckinghamshire and Cornwall.

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    • 5/5
      A comfortable read. I really enjoyed this book which is similar to other Fern Britton books and was a comforting read.
    • 2/5
      ‘Hidden Treasures’, which I downloaded free for my Kindle, starts with an intriguing prologue about an elderly lady. However most of the book is about a middle-aged woman called Helen who has just moved to a small village after leaving her philandering husband. She meets local folk and settles in, then her friend Penny comes for a visit...

      There's a lot of potential for a pleasant light village-style book here, but unfortunately, it doesn’t work. After the first chapter, which I enjoyed, the writing meanders into irrelevant and tedious details of day-to-day life, a village talent night, and a long, drawn out description of a TV production which takes place in the village.

      By the time I was half-way through the book I was almost ready to give up - except that I had been intrigued by the start, and I was rooting for the nice Vicar character, one of two people who felt real in the early stages of the book. I didn’t much like the outcome or the ending, but I did, at least, keep reading.

      My overall feeling is that it's a great pity that this book was not thoroughly edited, as it could have been a great story. There are some interesting and memorable characters, and the hint in the prologue could have been so much more significant than it was.

      But clichés abound, viewpoints switch almost at random, and the majority of the book is irrelevant and unnecessary. Cut to about half its length and with some significant editing of the remainder, it could have been so much better.

      Not recommended. But at least I didn't pay for it.
    • 5/5
      Fern has created a really good plot and storyline and read it beautifully. I was gripped by the antics and cracked out laughing so many times! Thank you
    • 3/5
      Helen leaves her philandering husband to start a new life in Cornwall, where she becomes entangled with both a lonely vicar and a Heathcliff lookalike. Warm-hearted, gentle tale in keeping with Fern's t.v. persona.